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Cleartext
Meaning
Noun
●
In Cryptography:
The
unencrypted
form of an
encrypted
text
;
plain
text
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Origin
cleartext
English
clear
English
clere
Middle English (1100-1500)
cler
Anglo-Norman
cler
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
clarus
Latin
text
English
texte
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
textus
Latin
texere
Latin
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Perplexed
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